Legalize Growing and Distribution of Cannabis

Legalize Growing and

Distribution of Cannabis

Mitch Jaeger

What is Cannabis?Two Main Substances

THC and CBDThree Different Species

Cannabis SativaCannabis IndicaCannabis Ruderalis

Uses of CannabisMost common use is HempCreate alternatives to gas and plastics

New Bio-fuelBody care products

Uses of CannabisFabrics, more durable than cottonRopes and sails“Hemp is of first necessity to the wealth and protection of this country” –Thomas JeffersonHemp also produces healthy, high protein edibles

Hemp Seeds, Oil, MilkProvides raw materials of over 25,000 products

Things to Think About

How many deaths do you think have been recorded of overdosing or abusing marijuana?Now think of how many died from overdosing on drugs prescribed by your doctors?

Medical Uses of Marijuana

Help patients that suffer from:Chronic painEpilepsyCancer AnorexiaAidsGlaucoma, migraines, Multiple Sclerosis and more

Financial BenefitsTo expensive for our justice system

750,000 arrested annually in the U.S16,000 in Wisconsin

$440 in law enforcement resources per arrestSave taxpayers 3.5 million

Not including those incarceratedIf sentenced to jail:

144 per day in Milwaukee County50,000 a year per inmate

Creation of More JobsCalifornia dispensary chain called weGrow

Potential for each store to create 75 jobsIn the next five years:

Anticipated opening 75 state wide1,000 nationwide to states that already legalize medical marijuana

Success in Other StatesWashington projected to bring in 500 million this year from marijuana sales2011 Oakland, California raised 1.3 million in tax revenue from medical marijuana

Bloomberg BusinessWeek Reports:Cannabis industry has potential to become multi-billion dollar industry

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